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Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
What is the cause ... site of venous obstruction ... - SVC & IVC obstructions ... - IVC obstruction ... #Video #Chest #PhysicalExam
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
determine the cause ... • IVC Obstruction ... • SVC Obstruction ... : - If obstruction ... #Blood #Flow #physicalexam
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
inspiration • Caused ... expiration • Caused ... extra-thoracic airway obstruction ... laryngeal or tracheal obstruction ... Findings #Pulmonary #PhysicalExam
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
Commonest cause ... sided cardiac masses ... and even SVC obstruction ... cause it. ... #Kussmauls #PhysicalExam
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
has a number of causes ... Other causes include ... Obstructive Breathing ... Causes include ... Abnormal #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction ... lumen Complete obstructions ... Incomplete obstructions ... percussion • Nausea ... ) #bowel #obstruction
Budd Chiari Syndrome
Hepatic vein obstruction. Can be caused by thrombosis or sometimes a tumour. Can lead
Hepatic vein obstruction ... Can be caused by ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Causes
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
volume, Urinary obstruction ... are caused by prerenal ... azotemia or postrenal obstruction ... to assess for obstruction ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... Shock can be caused ... dysfunction or obstruction ... cardiogenic or obstructive ... The cause of shock
Causes of Edema - Differential Diagnosis
Pitting Edema:
  ↑ Hydrostatic - Too Much Fluid
Causes of Edema ... • Internal Obstruction ... External Venous Obstruction ... • Lymphatic Obstruction ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes